What would you do?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5188034.stm

The first thing I would do is quit my job. Then go on holiday to New Zealand for six months, invest half of it somewhere. Buy a couple of properties around the world, a season ticket for Man Utd, a hitman for Fletcher & co.

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And build the best computer possible... :D
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None of this "It won't change me" "I'll be back at my (boring) job on Monday".... ;)
 
"Big mac couple".....Yeah, they've had too many bloody big macs!

I'd continue the same, just save it and then invest it into my own business and first property etc.
 
That's a fair bit of money.. I think i Would jack in my job though...Save some.. Go on holiday.. Buy some neat stuff. :-P
 
1.3m aint even a lot is it really?

Dont get me wrong id love to win that but by the time you have a respectable house, 1337 car, 1337 holiday for a few months, the change wont go too far.

Still good on them.
 
If i had a job i enjoyed i would negotiate a few months off for some travelling, go do what i want with a bit of the cash whilst i invest it, come back buy a nice house, then go back to work, whilst living a luxurious lifestyle with my working money aswell as a small amount of interest, whilst not being bored all day long having nothing to do.
 
shifty_uk said:
Hmmm, what about buying ocuk? :p
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Need a bit more than 1.3m me thinks! I agree that in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that much money at all.

In regards to buying all of these 1337 items, won't you have massive insurance etc to cover them all which means that your financial position would be even more precarious than before?
 
shifty_uk said:
Hmmm, what about buying ocuk? :p
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I'll have an OcUK Whopper with fries and a coke.

Money can change some people lets hope they are wise :)

Also thats probably the safest Mc D's to eat now think about it, genuine happy workers means no extras in any of the edible substances.
 
I kinda disagree. Think about buying a 70K car, then buying a nice house worth 200K, then having a couple of holidays worth about 4K each. That still leaves you with a lot of money :)
 
simple McDonalds employee said:
"It's funny because on the day I bought the ticket, I went back to work and there was a money spider on my hand," she said.

"So I said to one of the girls that I was going to win the lottery that night - obviously never believing it would happen."
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I'll be carrying a money spider around with me from now on.
 
I would advise anyone winning a substantial sum of money to think hard before making too many lifestyle changes.

£1.3 million is certainly enough to make a huge difference to these two, but it is not enough to live a jetset lifestyle for the rest of their lives. Buying a decent property, and generating a reasonable monthly income, yes. But by the time you've bought a nice house, and invested the rest (accepting that the first 2% or 3% of the income needs to be reinvested to stop the capital losing ground in real terms), it's not really enough to sit back on your laurels for the rest of your lives.

Personally, I would not want to work in McD's in the first place, so I certainly wouldn't want to go back. But to those who say they want to run their own business, or to invest in property, take it from some that has done both, it is not easy. Either road can lead to a honking great loss, if you aren't careful. Not everybody is emotionally or intellectually suited to running a business, and a fair percentage of businesses go broke, because the people running them aren't suited to it. The same goves for property, and especially for property abroad. Sure, it can be very lucrative, but it is also a minefield, and buying property where you know neither local laws, nor customs, is ten times the minefield.

If you're lucky enough to win a sum of money that can provide security and a bread-butter income for life, think twice before indulging in speculative ventures that, whilst they might make you another fortune, could also lose you the one you already have, and leave you no choice but to go back to working in McDonalds.
 
think i'd build myself a house and decorate it nicely, then put the rest in high interest savings and continue as i was (albeit with a damn nice house, instead of some rented place)

Not having to pay off a morgage would make such a difference to my monthly income it would be great :D
 
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